The Secret as a Narrative Framing Element (From Script)

In this week’s roundup brought to us by Script magazine, read more filmmaker interviews from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including an exclusive interview with Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award winning filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz.

In this week’s roundup brought to us by Script magazine, read more filmmaker interviews from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including an exclusive interview with Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award winning filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz. Plus, meet The Latinx House co-founder Olga Segura in a touching interview about her journey from mere spectator to producer. 

SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 467 - From Horror Anthology to Features with Roxanne Benjamin

This week, Ashley Scott Meyers talks with director Roxanne Benjamin, who got her start with Horror anthologies VHS, XX, and Southbound. Roxanne talks about that and her latest project as a director, the feature There's Something Wrong with the Children.

Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Emotional, Grounded Outlook in the Midst of Absurdity - An Interview with Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls Director, Editor, Screenwriter and Actor Andrew Bowser

Andrew Bowser recently spoke with Script about building Onyx's story into a narrative feature, pragmatically juggling various creative hats, working with puppets, and more. It's no wonder that Adobe Premiere was the perfect tool for his creative vision once the film hit post-production—the tool is any filmmaker's creative playground.

How to Utilize Twist and Turns for Emotional Beats: A Conversation with Missing Filmmakers Sev Ohanian, Aneesh Chaganty, Will Merrick, Nick Johnson, and Natalie Qasabian

Missing filmmakers recently spoke with Script about breaking story, utilizing various screens and technology in service of emotional beats, what inspired them to become filmmakers, and more.

Sundance Film Festival 2023 - The Secret as a Narrative Framing Element: A Conversation with The Persian Version Writer-Director Maryam Keshavarz

Maryam Keshavarz recently spoke with Script about why she wrote this screenplay, how she found the narrative framing element, diving into the ensemble comedy, and so much more.

Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Tangible Opportunities for the Latinx Community: A Conversation with The Latinx House Co-Founder Olga Segura

The Latinx House co-founder Olga Segura shares with Script why The Latinx House organization was founded, her journey from mere Sundance attendee over a decade ago to premiering her film as a producer, the initiatives and partnerships that they’ve created over the last few years, networking advice, and much more.

Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Trust the Process: A Conversation with 2022 Women Write Now Fellowship Writers & Guest Directors

The Women Write Now fellows Mayanna Berrin, Kiana Butler Jabangwe, and Danielle Solomon and guest directors Logan Browning, and Nicole Byer, recently spoke with Script about their journeys to this moment, the creative process, what they learned from the fellowship both as writers and directors, advice for future fellows, and so much more.